The Grom-class destroyers were two destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by the British company of J. Samuel White, Cowes. They were laid down in 1935...
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ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunder...
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The improved Grom-class destroyers of 1939 were the third and fourth planned ships of the Grom class of destroyers ordered for the Polish Navy shortly...
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ORP Błyskawica (category Grom-class destroyers)
ORP Błyskawica (Polish for Lightning) is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to...
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loudspeakers. The fictionalized Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Viktor was based on scans taken of the real Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica, a museum ship...
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destroyer, a Polish destroyer class Grom-class destroyer (1939), a Polish WW2 destroyer class Russian ship Grom (1765), a Donder-class bomb vessel; see List...
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been named ORP Grom (Polish: thunder): ORP Grom (1936) was a Grom-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk near Narvik in 1940. ORP Grom (1957) was a Project...
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List of ships of the Polish Navy (section Destroyers)
ORP Grom (273) ORP Wicher (274) Grom-class destroyer ORP Grom ORP Błyskawica Wicher-class destroyer ORP Wicher ORP Burza Bourrasque-class destroyer Okręt...
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People's Navy operates a single Choe Hyon-class destroyer. Polish Navy has the Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica which remains ceremonially in commission...
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The Skory class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after World War II. Seventy (70) ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet...
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Control and Measurement Range in Gdynia-Oksywie ORP H34 Błyskawica - Grom-class destroyer museum ship 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla "Vice admiral Kazimierz...
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a list of destroyer classes. Catamarca class — 2 ships La Plata class — 2 ships Cervantes class — 2 ships, ex-Churruca class Mendoza class — 3 ships Buenos...
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ORP Grom (English: Thunder) was a Project 30bis destroyer, sold to the People's Republic of Poland by the Soviet Union in 1957. She was built by the Zhdanov...
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the class is named Orkan (Polish: Hurricane), while other two ships are Piorun (Polish: Thunderbolt) and Grom (Polish: Thunderclap). Piorun and Grom were...
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1926 Mendoza-class destroyer ARA Tucumán (1928) - Built for the Argentine Navy. Bittern-class sloop escort vessel - (1936) Grom-class destroyer (1937) - built...
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Grom (Russian: Гром) was one of eight Orfey-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, she served...
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The Wicher-class destroyers were a series of destroyers that served in the Polish Navy during World War II. Two ships of this class were built for the...
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to: The planned ORP Huragan and ORP Orkan, or Improved Grom-class destroyers French destroyer Ouragan This article includes a list of ships with the same...
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guidance for the URPK-3 'Metel' ASW complex was provided by two 4R-60M 'Grom-M' universal fire control systems. These systems integrated tracking radars...
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The Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the earlier destroyer Novik and...
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was later torpedoed by U-176. The Shakespeare-class destroyer leader Broke and the Polish destroyer Błyskawica arrived to reinforce the escort, while...
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Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette 16 September 1942 28 September 1942 ORP Błyskawica Polish Navy Grom-class destroyer 16 September 1942 26 September...
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ORP Piorun (G65) (category J, K and N-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
ORP Piorun was an N-class destroyer operated by the Polish Navy in World War II. The word piorun is Polish for "Thunderbolt". Ordered by the Royal Navy...
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cruisers, nine Royal Navy destroyers, the Polish destroyer Piorun, Dutch destroyer HNLMS Isaac Sweers and two Royal Navy Flower-class corvettes. The convoy...
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ORP Burza (category Wicher-class destroyers)
kmdr Bolesław Sokołowski. On 30 August 1939 the Polish destroyers ORP Burza, Błyskawica and Grom were ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships...
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used by submarines, motor torpedo boats and destroyers from other navies such as the Grom-class destroyers.[citation needed] The Mark XI was a reverse-engineered...
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was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. During World War II, the destroyer began the war in...
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date Notes Coordinates HMS Phoenix Royal Navy 14 May 1918 An Acheron-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-27 and sank under tow off Vlorë, Albania. 40°23...
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boats dashed into the Sound. During the ensuing clash, the Russian destroyer Grom was disabled and eventually sunk. The Russian 30.5 cm shore batteries...
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Convoy PQ 14 (section German destroyers)
and F-class destroyers HMS Escapade and Faulknor, the Hunt-class destroyers HMS Belvoir, Ledbury, Middleton and Wheatland, the M-class destroyer HMS Matchless...
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